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High Commissioner sends senior team to Morocco
11 Oct 2005 -
UNHCR asks states to respect access to asylum
2 Sep 2005 -
Colombian singer lends voice to refugee cause
30 Aug 2005 Through his concerts in Spain, award-winning rock star Juanes is drawing attention to the plight of refugees and displaced people, something the Medellín-born singer-songwriter knows well. -
Crossing a continent to find peace and tolerance
10 Aug 2005 As child soldiers in West Africa, Idrissa and Mohammed were forced to fight and witness atrocities unimaginable to grown men. Both managed to escape their captors and to embark on long journeys in search of protection and safety, which they finally found in Spain. -
Spain grants asylum to battered woman
9 Jun 2005 In a landmark decision, a woman has for the first time been granted asylum in Spain because she could not obtain protection from the authorities in her country of origin against the severe and constant abuse inflicted on her by her husband and his family. -
Photo exhibition of Darfur's forsaken children opens in Madrid
2 Sep 2004 Spanish photographer Álvaro Ybarra Zavala portrays the human drama in Sudan's strife-torn Darfur region and in neighbouring Chad through photos of the empty villages, the child soldiers, the displaced people and the refugees. -
Spain: UNHCR concern on Ceuta conditions
21 Nov 2003 -
Swimming against the tide: Two refugee women's journey from Africa's Great Lakes region to Spain
24 Jun 2003 It's the fireworks at the fiestas that still upset Rwandan refugee Gatalina; for her, exploding gunpowder represents anything but celebration. -
UNHCR Spain auctions art for refugee youth
10 Jun 2003 In the run-up to World Refugee Day on June 20, the UN refugee agency is holding an art exhibition and auction in Madrid, with proceeds going to refugee and displaced youth in Namibia and Colombia. The event is being co-organised with auctioneers Durán and eBay.